Chile & Argentina & Uruguay & Brazil 17 Days

Santiago, Chile

Arrival at Santiago airport and transfer to the hotel with a private guide. Santiago features fine restaurants, manicured parks, famous fish markets and scenic mountains in the backdrop. The city has seen cultural development with new cultural centers, museums and public gardens.

Santiago

Half-day city tour including:

• Partial ascent to San Cristóbal Hill for panoramic city views

• Historic downtown: main plaza, cathedral, post office, city hall

• View of the presidential palace “La Moneda”
• Eastside drive to see modern buildings, offices, malls and restaurants
  Return to hotel and overnight.

Santiago → Puerto Natales

Transfer to the airport for flight to Punta Arenas, then transfer to the bus terminal and shared transfer to Puerto Natales, followed by private transfer to the hotel.

Puerto Natales

Full-day Torres del Paine National Park tour including:

• Visit to Milodón Cave on Penítez hill where remains of giant Milodón and other prehistoric fauna were found

• Scenic tour inside the park to see forests, Patagonian plains, blue lakes, rivers, waterfalls and ice-capped mountains
• Visit Salto Grande waterfall and return via scenic route passing Serrano River and Toro & Porteño lakes
  Overnight at the hotel.

Puerto Natales → El Calafate

Private transfer to the bus terminal and shared transfer to El Calafate, then private transfer to the hotel. Visit Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park — one of Argentina’s largest parks with numerous major and minor glaciers.

El Calafate

Visit Perito Moreno Glacier — one of the few advancing glaciers worldwide — and witness enormous ice calvings into the lake, an awe-inspiring natural spectacle.

El Calafate → Buenos Aires

After breakfast fly to Buenos Aires and transfer to the hotel.

Buenos Aires

Panoramic city tour including:

• Avenida 9 de Julio with Colon Opera House and the Obelisk

• Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, Casa Rosada, City Hall

• Plaza San Martín, Alvear, Congress Square
• Neighborhoods: La Boca, San Telmo, Palermo, Recoleta and Puerto Madero
  Evening: Tango show with a gourmet dinner.

Buenos Aires

Full-day Fiesta Gaucho experience including:

• Welcome with a glass of Argentine wine

• Horse-riding options or relaxed countryside tour

• Visit to the Gaucho museum

• Asado (barbecue) with folkloric horsemen’s show and traditional dances

Buenos Aires → Montevideo (Uruguay)

Full-day tour to Montevideo including:

• Panoramic city tour of the Old Town and new residential areas

• Visit Independence Square, Plaza Matriz, Montevideo Cathedral, Cabildo, Solís Theatre

• Palace Salvo, El Entrevero Square, Parliament Palace
• Suburban tour: Prado, Battle Park, Centenario Stadium, residential areas of Carrasco and Pocitos
  Return to Buenos Aires by ferry and transfer to hotel.

Buenos Aires → Foz do Iguaçu

Transfer to the airport and fly to Foz do Iguaçu. Afternoon tour of the Argentine side of the falls:

• Lower circuit: 1,700 m walkway among Dos Hermanas, Chico and Ramirez falls

• Upper circuit: 1,300 m panoramic walkway
• Devil’s Throat: access by ecological train and 1,000 m walk to view the giant fall

Foz do Iguaçu

Visit the Brazilian side of Iguaçu Falls, walk the catwalks along the river to Devil’s Throat for panoramic views of the waterfalls, witnessing the immense power and rainbows created by the spray.

Foz do Iguaçu → Rio de Janeiro

Transfer to the airport and fly to Rio de Janeiro. Transfer to the hotel with a local guide. Rio offers green hills, blue skies, rocky mountains, bays and famous beaches Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon.

Rio de Janeiro

City tour — Sugarloaf Mountain & Corcovado (6 hours):

• Cable car to Urca Hill and Sugarloaf (Pão de Açúcar)

• Historic city tour
• Small train ride through Tijuca Forest to Christ the Redeemer for panoramic views
  Transfer to the beach resort town of Búzios.

Búzios

Free days to relax on Búzios’ beautiful beaches. Búzios is a peninsula with over 20 beaches known for clear waters, scenic nature and fine dining.

Búzios → Rio de Janeiro → Departure

After breakfast transfer to the airport for your international flight home.